Tinder Warns of Declining Revenue While It Rethinks Core App
- Largest dating app sees revenue below estimates in 2025, 2026
- Parent company issues first dividend, announces new buyback
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Tinder, Match Group Inc.’s largest dating brand, said that it plans to prioritize improving its user experience over monetization, a bet that it can eventually reverse subscriber declines if it ditches its reputation as a “hookup app.”
In the meantime, Tinder warned of declining to flat direct revenue through 2026 before returning to low-single digit growth in 2027, Chief Executive Officer Faye Iosotaluno said at Match’s first investor day on Wednesday. Match also lowered two of its fourth-quarter revenue forecasts, the parent company said in a statement before the presentations started.